Spank The Monkey
@spanktm.bsky.social
Australopithecine specialising in arts and entertainment reviews. Longer-form babbling available at https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk.
There was a year or so when this was the alarm sound on my phone, until I realised that nobody needs to be *that* alarmed
Gabby HC@scriblit.bsky.social · 3d agoHello since Radio 3 played this on the playlister this morning I have listened to it about 10 times, oh God I really love it, it's Philip Glass John Carpenter, it's being chased through a sunken city by a giant anglerfish www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vajh...
Major Channel 4 news investigation reveals corruption at heart of Tatooine establishment
Death, music, spelling and Ikea's most gratuitous product placement: just your usual first-of-the-month post. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/09/01/s...
Simian Substitute Site for September 2026: Follow Punch
MONTH END PROCESSING FOR AUGUST 2026 Books: We came to the work of Evie King comparatively late: last April, to be precise. By the time we got around to listening to the audiobook of Ashes To Admin…
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RIP Ski Sunday. In tribute, Dave Bulmer will now sing the theme song:
Dave Bulmer@demontomatodave.bsky.social · 2y agoI'm up a hill but there's some obligations I'm supposed to meet And so I've got some lengthy bendy strips and strapped em to me feet There's quite a long descent before me and just minutes left to go And in the absence of a better plan I'm leaning in and sliding down the snow
I was looking at this in Echigo-Tsumari just five hours ago. RIP Yayoi Kusama.
Putting a 20-year-old blog post back into circulation, for some reason. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/08/21/e...
REPOST: Earth Celebration 2006
Originally posted on Spank The Monkey 30/09/2006. This was fun. We should do it again some time. To quote from Spank’s Edinburgh Diary 2005, published 29/08/2005 on the old site: “It al…
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Boss level Monoglot Movie Club activity today: a Korean language movie with Japanese subtitles. Luckily it's a Hong Sang-soo joint, and they've all got the same plot anyway (man gets pissed on soju and embarrasses himself).
Screaming Mad George was also responsible for the jaw-droppingly twisted orgy that closes out Society (1989). IYKYK. RIP George, you magnificent weirdo
Nick Grimshaw's currently on the radio asking us to call in with questions for the author of a new biography of Slipknot. youtu.be/xWqTo-5l3nk
Half Man Half Biscuit - Vatican Broadside [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Half Man Half Biscuit
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I saw seven John Woo films last month, which is probably more exit wounds than it's healthy to experience in so short a timeframe. But here's the review anyway. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/08/14/b...
Bullets And Brotherhood
Like most of my formative cinema experiences, it happened at the Scala. That’s where I first saw John Woo’s The Killer back in 1992, attracted by a general interest in Hong Kong cinema …
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Last time I saw an eclipse was in Tokyo in 2012. The BBG took over 100 photos of it with a hand-held, sun-filtered camera from our hotel room window, and this is what we did with them. youtu.be/nzgz2mpSZyw
Annular eclipse over Tokyo, May 21st 2012
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hyperbole is the dumbest concept anyone has thought of in the history of the world
Name a movie where the title character *isn't* the main character.
Laura@elsiem.bsky.social · last mo.Name a movie where the title character *isn't* the main character.
Someone stole my toilet! I suspect this guy
First-of-the-month post is up right now, if you'd like to find out what my least favourite book of 2026 is. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/08/01/s...
Simian Substitute Site for August 2026: Max Fulham’s Monkey Business
MONTH END PROCESSING FOR JULY 2026 Books: I mentioned the Japanese film Exit 8 here a few months ago: a video game adaptation about a man trapped in one of those oh-so-fashionable liminal spaces on…
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As has become traditional in years when I'm not going to the Edinburgh Festival, here's a list of what I'm not going to see there. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/07/30/e...
Edinburgh Festival Preview 2026: And All That Jazz (But Nothing Else)
Books• Alison Irvine• Jess Elliott Dennison• Fergus McIntosh • 10 years after David Bowie• Oliver bullough• Tim key• Ela rusbridger• Justin tsang• Meiko Kawakami• Caledonia screaming • Future libra…
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As has become traditional in years when I'm not going to the Edinburgh Festival, here's a list of what I'm not going to see there. spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/07/30/e...
Edinburgh Festival Preview 2026: And All That Jazz (But Nothing Else)
Books• Alison Irvine• Jess Elliott Dennison• Fergus McIntosh • 10 years after David Bowie• Oliver bullough• Tim key• Ela rusbridger• Justin tsang• Meiko Kawakami• Caledonia screaming • Future libra…
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And I’ll stand o’er your grave ’til I’m sure that you’re dead
Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2mo ago
This is what the Prog Rock Prom looks like from behind.
Piet Mondrian's work on the London Underground is exceptional.
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
Bought tickets for this ages ago, long before they announced what they'd be playing. I'm happy with that as a programme.
waltydunlop@waltydunlop.bsky.social · 2mo agoProg Prom this Saturday night. Oh, man. Look at what they're playing (collapses quietly into a heap of happiness) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Napalm Death have done a Tiny Desk Concert. youtu.be/e81LZCHhNKQ
Napalm Death: Tiny Desk Concert
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